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`Improvement in Ealing-Presses.

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NITED STATES PATENT lf FFICE.

lMPROVEM ENT IN BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specification forming pnrt of Letters Patent No. 126,405, dated May 7, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LA FAYETTE W. LILEs, of Roanoke, in the county of Randolph and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Ealing-Press; and I do hereby dcclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in which- Figure Plate l, is an elevation of one side of my improved press mounted on wheels. Fig. 2, Plate l, is a top view ofthe press with the two upper doors raised, and showing the sweep-shaft in section. Fig. 3, Plate 2, is a section taken longitudinallythrough the press, showing` the doors all closed and the follower in a side elevation. Fig. 4, Plate 2, is a sec tion taken transversely and vertically through the press in front ot' the follower. Fig. 5, Plate 3, shows how the bales are discharged.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in the several figures.

This invention relates to certain novel iinprovements which are applicable to presses for baling cotton or other products, as will be hereinafter explained.

The following description of my invention will enable others skilled in the art to fully understand it.

In the accompanying drawing, A A A A represent four parallel beams, which are arranged horizontally and secured rigidly together by horizontal end-pieces B B' and b' b' and vertical side pieces b l. These parts constitute the frame of the press, which frame is mounted on wheels a a., so that it is very portable. By thus making the horizontal press portable it can loe readily run into a lint-room, filled, and then run out of this room for using the sweep to apply pressure to the contents. I employ in connection with this frame three hinged doors and two removable doors or sides. The two doors D D' are arranged one above and the other below that portion of the pressbox in which the bale receives its inal pressure, andthese doors are pivoted respectively at d d, and held shut by means of hooks e e', which are shown clearly in Fig. 4. The upper hooks e c are drawn over the ends of cross-bar d', and the lower hooks e e' are hinged to the cross-bar d' of the lower door D' and drawn over the lower horizontal beams A A of the frame. The door N which is hinged on top ot' the press-frame at ff is opened t'or tllin g the pressbox when the follower is drawn back. The sides U C of that portion of the press-box in which the bale receives its iinal pressure are removable, and are strengthened by battens c c', the latter ot which, c', extends short distances above and below the edges ofthe sides C C, and are received between lugs s on the bars d' and the side edges'ot' the doors D D' when the latter are shut, as shown in Fig. 4. Those edges ofthe sides C C next the head B are received between slats t, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper and lower edges of the sides C C abut against the doors D D' when shut, as shown in Fig. 4. The vertical sides C' C' are not removable and are rigidly secured to the vertical braces b b. The pressing-head or follower H is provided with vertical slats t, the spaces between which correspond to the spaces between the slats t on the iixed head or crossbeam B, and this follower is mounted on wheels p p, which roll upon the iioor l)2 and thus prevent sliding friction. The follower-rod G eX- tends horizontally between the cross-beams B' B', and is provided ou one side with a rack, G', the teeth of which engage with the teeth of a pinion, J. This pinion J is keyed on a vertical shaft, L, to the upper end ot' which a sweep, K, is secured, and to the outer end of this sweep a prop or pawl, K', is hinged, the lower end of which is spiked so that it may engage with the ground and act as a stop to prevent recoil of the follower. Opposite the pinion J are two anti-friction rollers, which have their bearings in the beams B B, and which hold the follower-rod up to the said pinion and prevent binding thereof.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the rack G' is made tapering from the outer end of the follower-rod G up to the follower H. This gives the greatest amount of metal, and consequently the greatest amount of strength, to the rack in proportion as the resistance increases in the act of baling. The teeth of the rack G' present tlat surfaces 2, which are perpendicular to the length of the followerrod, and the backs 3 of these teeth are rounding and sloping, as shown in Fig. 2. The teeth on the pinion J are formed between two anges, 4 4, and present to the surfaces 2 of the rack-teeth rounded surfaces 5. The

backs ot' these pinion-teeth are sloping, which, pressed, as shown, for the purpose ot' dischargwith the tlanges, gives great strength to them.

During` the operation ot' baling, when the follower is moved toward the lixed head B the rounded surfaces 5 of the pinion-teeth impi n ge on the tlat surfaces 2 of the rack-teeth, and roll instead of slide, thereby obviating much friction.

It' desirable, the small wheels a a beneath the press-frame maybe omitted, and the press mounted on an ordinari wagon or on wagonwheels.

By reference to Fig. 5, Plate 3, it will be seen that the compressed bale, after having been hooped, is in the act ot' being discharged from the press. It will, of course, be understood that the press during such act is so placed with reference to space below it as to enable the bale to fall clear and free from contact with the bottom of the press 011 discharge.

It will be observed that my press is ot' that class which may be termed horizontal machines, such construction enabling lne to apply a door at the bottoni of the press iu that portion ot' it in which the material is coming the compressed bale through the bottom ot' the press, and thus utilizing` the weight of the bale to e'eot its own discharge. 1t will also be seen that the door D when closed forms one of the walls of the room within which the cotton or other material is confined during' the act of compression.

Having described my invention, what l claim is l. The follower H, mounted on wheels p, and combined, as described, with the iixed head B, the hinged doors D D', and the removable sides (l C, the latter being held in place by lugs s s and strips t, substantially as described.

2. The rack G constructed with teeth which present iat surfaces 2 and sloping backs 3, in combination with a hanged pinion, J, whose teeth present rounded ends 5, substantially as described and shown.

LA FAYETTE VASHINGTON LILES.

Witnesses:

M. W. BARBER, W. E. WHITE. 

